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    <center>Scilab Function</center>
    <div align="right">Last update : April 1993</div>
    <p>
      <b>pause</b> -  pause mode, invoke keyboard</p>
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    <p>
    Switch to the <tt>
        <b>pause</b>
      </tt> mode;
    inserted in the code of a function, <tt>
        <b>pause</b>
      </tt> interrupts the execution
    of the function: one receives a prompt symbol which indicates
    the level of the <tt>
        <b>pause</b>
      </tt> (e.g. <tt>
        <b>-1-&gt;</b>
      </tt>). The user is
    then in a new workspace in which all the lower-level variables
    (and in particular all the variable of the function) are available.
    To return to the calling workspace enter <tt>
        <b>"return"</b>
      </tt>
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    In this mode, <tt>
        <b>[...]=return(...) </b>
      </tt>
    returns the variables of the argument <tt>
        <b>(...)</b>
      </tt> to the calling workspace with 
    names in the output <tt>
        <b> [...]</b>
      </tt>. Otherwise, the lower-level variables
    are protected and cannot be modified.</p>
    <p>
    The <tt>
        <b>pause</b>
      </tt> is extremely useful for debugging purposes.</p>
    <p>
    This mode is killed by the command <tt>
        <b>"abort"</b>
      </tt>.</p>
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      <font color="blue">See Also</font>
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      <a href="../gui/halt.htm">
        <tt>
          <b>halt</b>
        </tt>
      </a>,&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="return.htm">
        <tt>
          <b>return</b>
        </tt>
      </a>,&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="abort.htm">
        <tt>
          <b>abort</b>
        </tt>
      </a>,&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="quit.htm">
        <tt>
          <b>quit</b>
        </tt>
      </a>,&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="whereami.htm">
        <tt>
          <b>whereami</b>
        </tt>
      </a>,&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="where.htm">
        <tt>
          <b>where</b>
        </tt>
      </a>,&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>
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